College of Charleston

Dr. Guoli Liu Fall 2021 Express II Maybank Hall 111, Monday and Wednesday 4:00-6:45 pm Office: J. C. Long Building, Room 229, 9 Liberty Street Office Hours: Please email me to make appointment for ZOOM meeting Telephone: 843-953-5883; E-mail: [email protected]

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course examines contemporary Chinese politics (1949-present) with an emphasis on the era of reform and opening since 1978. What are the crucial problems in Chinese politics? How have the Chinese people and political leaders confronted them? We begin with an introduction of China’s tradition and revolutionary transformation. The main focus of the course is on political reform and socioeconomic change in the post-Mao era. China’s politics from Deng Xiaoping’s “four modernizations” and xiaokang shihui (well to do society) to Hu Jintao’s harmonious society, and now Xi Jinping’s “Chinese dream” has been focusing on achieving modernity. After four decades of hard work and rapid growth, China is approaching modernity. In addition to having a rapidly growing economy, China is experiencing profound sociopolitical changes. We shall examine whether the Chinese can build a dynamic market economy in an increasingly globalized world economy, create social harmony in a society with growing tensions, and maintain political stability while avoiding stagnation and decay. What we face is a most challenging prospect that will affect not only the fate of 1.4 billion Chinese people but also the future of world politics. We are going to study China in comparative perspectives.

This course will help students understand, analyze, and evaluate major issues in Chinese politics, including: The basic methodological and theoretical controversies in the study of Chinese politics; the main dimensions, structures, processes, functions, characteristics of the Chinese political system; the impact of power, ideology, and organizations on different spheres of Chinese society; and the structure, process, and factors in Chinese domestic and foreign policy making. In examining both empirical and normative questions, students will develop a better understanding of China in a rapidly changing world.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

This course strives to reach the following learning outcomes. 1. Demonstrate knowledge of political systems including their institutions, processes, laws and constitutions and the relations between and among nations; 2. Distinguish their own views from those of others and can defend their own perspective; Demonstrate understanding of readings, analyze texts critically, and effectively write papers; 3. Apply theories and concepts to explain Chinese politics, social interactions, and political institutions; 4. Understand contending theoretical and methodological approaches to studying

1 comparative politics and apply appropriate approaches in your independent research. The following course requirements are designed to achieve these learning outcomes.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ALTERNATIVE

This course has been approved to satisfy Category 3 of the Foreign Language Alternative program. Upon completion of this course, students will contextualize and analyze artifacts, practices, and perspectives from cultures in Asia (program learning outcome 3).

COURSE REQUIREMENT AND GRADING POLICY

You are expected to (1) complete and study carefully all required reading; (2) address significant questions and articulate well-informed positions on key issues, (3) complete a research paper, and (4) follow current events and news analysis.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your performance of five quizzes (50%) on every Wednesday (October 20, and 27, and November 3, 10, and 17), class participation including two participation reports (20%), a Political Analysis Paper (10%), a Socioeconomic Analysis Paper (10%), presentation of your Political Analysis Paper and Socioeconomic Analysis Paper (10%). Class participation is graded based on the quality, quantity, substance, and relevance of your contribution to the class, as well as the courtesy and professionalism you show to other students. Detailed guidelines for papers and quizzes will be provided. No late paper or quiz will be accepted without prior written permission.

As the lectures and classroom discussions are an essential part of the course, attendance is important for your success. If you have special reasons for missing a class, please let me know and we can work together for you to make up any missed work.

Grading Scale: A 93-100 A- 90-92 B+ 88-89 B 83-87 B- 80-82 C+ 78-79 C 73-77 C- 70-72 D+ 68-69 D 63-67 D- 60-62 F: Below 60

Any student with a diagnosed learning or psychological disability which impedes your carrying out required course work, or which requires accommodations such as extended time on examinations, should advise me during the first two weeks of the course so we can review possible arrangements for reasonable accommodations.

Academic honesty is very important! When you enrolled in the College of Charleston, you signed the Honor Code. I expect you to abide to the code and it is the only way to maintain the integrity and value of your degree. You will fail this course if you have found to have cheated on an exam or plagiarized any portion of your paper. I will turn the case of Honor Code violation to the Honor Board and vigorously pursue further

2 disciplinary action. Everyone must highly value academic integrity and abide to the Honor Code.

Center for Student Learning: I encourage you to utilize the Center for Student Learning’s (CSL) academic support services for assistance in study strategies, speaking & writing skills, and course content. They offer tutoring, Supplemental Instruction, study skills appointments, and workshops. Students of all abilities have become more successful using these programs throughout their academic career and the services are available to you at no additional cost. For more information regarding these services please visit the CSL website at http://csl.cofc.edu or call (843)953-5635.

REQUIRED TEXTS

1. William Joseph ed., Politics in China: An Introduction. Third edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. (eBook) https://pascal- cofc.library.cofc.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01PASCAL_COF C:COFC&docid=alma991010760099505613

2. Joseph Fewsmith, Rethinking Chinese Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021.

3. Cheng Li, Middle Class Shanghai: Reshaping U.S.-China Engagement. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2021.

4. Confucius, The Analects. http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/analects.html.

5. Lao-tzu, The Tao-te Ching. http://classics.mit.edu/Lao/taote.html.

ESSENTIAL READINGS FOR ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH PAPERS

1. Daniel A. Bell, The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015.

2. C. Fred Bergsten, Charles Freeman, Nicholas R. Lardy and Derek J. Mitchell, China's Rise: Challenges and Opportunities. Washington, DC: Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008.

3. Marc Blecher, China Against the Tides: Restructuring Through Revolution, Radicalism and Reform. 3rd edition. New York: Continuum, 2010.

4. Mark Borthwick, Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia. Fourth edition. Boulder: Westview Press, 2014.

5. Sue Ellen M. Charlton, Comparing Asian Politics: India, China, and Japan. Fourth edition. Boulder: Westview Press, 2015.

6. Julia Chuang, Beneath the China Boom: Labor, Citizenship, and the Making of a Rural Land Market. Berkeley: University of Califorina Press, 2020. (eBook)

7. Neil Collins, and Andrew Cottey, Understanding Chinese Politics: An Introduction to Government in the People's Republic of China. Manchester University Press, 2012. (eBook)

8. Wm. Theodore de Barye ed. Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume I: Premodern Asia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.

9. Wm. Theodore de Barye ed. Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume II: The Modern Period. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.

10. Jacques deLisle and Avery Goldstein eds., To Get Rich Is Glorious: Challenges Facing China’s Economic Reform and Opening at Forty. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2019. (eBook)

11. Lowell Dittmer, Haruhiro Fukui, and Peter N.S. Lee eds., Informal Politics in East Asia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

12. Lowell Dittmer and Guoli Liu, China’s Deep Reform: Domestic Politics in Transition. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.

13. June Teufel Dreyer, China’s Political System: Modernization and Tradition. Eighth edition. New York: Pearson Longman, 2012.

14. Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Anne Walthall, and James B. Palais, East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

15. Elizabeth C. Economy, The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.

16. John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman, China: A New History. Second enlarged edition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006.

17. Joseph Fewsmith, The Logic and Limits of Political Reform in China. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.

18. Ross Garnaut, Ligang Song and Cai Fang eds., China’s 40 Years of Reform and Development 1978-2018. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, 2018. (eBook): https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/china- update/china%E2%80%99s-40-years-reform-and-development- 1978%E2%80%932018

4 19. Peter Hays Gries and Stanley Rosen, Chinese Politics: State, Society, and the Market. New York: Routledge, 2010.

20. Sujian Guo, Chinese Politics and Government: Power, Ideology, and Organization. New York: Routledge, 2013.

21. Sebastian Heilmann, China’s Political System. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.

22. Katherine Palmer Kaup ed., Understanding Contemporary Asia Pacific. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007.

23. John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman, China: A New History. Second enlarged edition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006.

24. Cheng Li ed., China’s Changing Political Landscape: Prospects for Democracy. Washington DC: Brookings Institution, 2008.

25. Cheng Li, Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era: Reassessing Collective Leadership. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017. (eBook Academic Collections EBSCOhost)

26. He Li, Political Thought and China’s Transformation: Ideas Shaping Reform in Post-Mao China. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

27. Kenneth Lieberthal, Governing China: From Revolution Through Reform. 2nd edition. New York: Norton, 2004.

28. Kenneth Lieberthal, Cheng Li, and Yu Keping eds., China’s Political Development: Chinese and American Perspectives. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2014. [eBook]

29. Roderick MacFarquhar ed., The Politics of China: Sixty Years of the People’s Republic of China. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. (eBook Academic Collection EBSCOhost).

30. Richard McGregor, The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers. New York: Harper, 2010.

31. Klause Mühlhahn, Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to Xi Jinping. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2019.

32. William H. Overholt, Asia, America, and the Transformation on Geopolitics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. (eBook)

5 33. Randall Peerenboom, China Modernizes: Threat to the West or Model for the Rest? New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

34. Elizabeth J. Perry and Merle Goldman eds., Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007.

35. Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi, The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2018.

36. Tony Saich, Governance and Politics of China. Fourth edition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

37. David Shambaugh, China’s Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation. Washington DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2008.

38. David Shambaugh, China’s Future. Malden, MA: Polity. 2016. [eBook]

39. Susan L. Shirk, China: Fragile Superpower. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

40. Christian Sorace, Ivan Franceschini, and Nicholas Loubere eds., Afterlives of Chinese Communism: Political Concepts from Mao to Xi. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, 2018. (eBook): https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/afterlives-chinese-communism#tabanchor

41. Ezra F. Vogel, Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011.

42. Ezra F. Vogel, China and Japan: Facing History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2019.

43. Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham, China in the 21st Century : What Everyone Needs to Know®. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2018.

44. The World Bank, China 2030: Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2012. (Ebook Central)

COURSE OUTLINE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS

1. China in Comparative Perspectives Politics in China, Chapter 1. Rethinking Chinese Politics, Introduction. Middle Class Shanghai, Prologue. (Deadline for completing the readings, October 13, 2021)

6 2. Culture and History Politics in China, Chapter 2. Confucius, The Analects. Lao-tzu, The Tao-te Ching. (October 20)

Fall Break: October 18-19, 2021. No Classes.

3. From Mao To Deng Politics in China, Chapters 3 and 4. Rethinking Chinese Politics, Chapters 1-3. Deng Xiaoping, “Emancipate the Mind, Seek Truth from Facts and Unite as One in Looking to the Future.” http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/dengxp/vol2/text/b1260.html (October 25)

4. The CCP and State Institutions Politics in China, Chapters 5-7. Rethinking Chinese Politics, Chapters 4-6. (October 27)

5. China’s Economy and the Environment Politics in China, Chapters 8 and 12. Middle Class Shanghai, Chapters 1-3. (November 1)

Political Analysis Paper due on November 1, 2021.

First participation report due on November 3, 2021.

6. Rural China and Urban China Politics in China, Chapters 9 and 10. Middle Class Shanghai, Chapters 4-6. (November 8)

Tuesday, November 9, 3:30-4:30pm. Department of Political Science Convocation of Majors. South Carolina 6th Congressional District Representative James Clyburn.

7. The Arts and Internet Politics Politics in China, Chapters 11 and 15. Middle Class Shanghai, Chapters 7-10. (November 10)

8. Public Health and Population Policy Politics in China, Chapters 13 and 14. (November 15)

Socioeconomic Analysis Paper due on November 15, 2021.

9. Politics on China’s Periphery Politics in China, Chapters 16-19. (November 22)

November 24-28, Thanksgiving Holiday. No Classes.

10. China and the World Rethinking Chinese Politics, Conclusion. Middle Class Shanghai, Chapters 11-12. Additional readings to be assigned. (December 1, 2021)

Second participation report due on December 1, 2021

POLI 345 Politics of China Fall 2021

Political Analysis Paper Assignment

This assignment provides you with an opportunity to (a) enhance your ability to evaluate the key perspectives on a critical issue of Chinese politics and develop a position of your own, (b) use a variety of sources as evidence in support of an argument, and (c) further develop your effective writing skills.

You can choose one of the topics from Joseph Fewsmith, Rethinking Chinese Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. You should start with the reading for your topic and summarize the key arguments. After a critical evaluation of the competing perspectives, you must develop your own position on the issue under review. Beyond the materials for this class, you need to use at least six additional library sources. All papers must include a complete list of references in a standard format. Please make sure that you give full credit to the authors of source materials. For your references and citations, please carefully study and follow the “Department of Political Science Citation Guide” (available at http://polisci.cofc.edu).

Please select your topic no later than Monday, October 25, 2021. No more than five people can select the same topic. The paper should be typed, double spaced, between 4-5 pages. The paper is due in class by Monday, November 1, 2021.

Paper Topics:

1. The Dengist Structure of Power

2. Succession and the Art of Consolidating Power

3. Hu Jintao and the Limits of Instituionalization

4. The Pathologies of Reform Leninism

5. Xi Jinping’s Centralization of Power

6. The Nineteenth Party Congress and Reinvigorating Leninism

7. Rethinking Chinese Politics (Introduction and Conclusion)

9 POLI 345 Politics of China Fall 2021

Socioeconomic Analysis Paper Assignment

This assignment provides you with an opportunity to (a) enhance your ability to evaluate the key perspectives on a critical issue of Chinese middle class and develop a position of your own, (b) use a variety of sources as evidence in support of an argument, and (c) further develop your effective writing skills.

You can choose one of the topics from Cheng Li, Middle Class Shanghai: Reshaping U.S.-China Engagement. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2021. You should start with the reading for your topic and summarize the key arguments. After a critical evaluation of the competing perspectives, you must develop your own position on the issue under review. Beyond the materials for this class, you need to use at least six additional library sources. All papers must include a complete list of references in a standard format. Please make sure that you give full credit to the authors of source materials. For your references and citations, please carefully study and follow the “Department of Political Science Citation Guide” (available at http://polisci.cofc.edu).

Please select your topic no later than Monday, November 1, 2021. No more than five people can select the same topic. The paper should be typed, double spaced, between 4-5 pages. The paper is due in class by Monday, November 15, 2021.

Paper Topics:

1. Shanghai’s Middle Class and China’s Future Trajectory (Li, Ch. 1)

2. The Rise of Middle-Class China: Issues and Debate (Li, Ch. 2-3)

3. Shanghai Exceptionalism and the Heart of the Dragon (Li, Ch. 4-5)

4. From Jiang to Xi (Li, Ch. 6)

5. Education in Global Shanghai (Li, Ch. 7-9).

6. Between the East and the West (Li, Ch. 10-11)

7. Toward a Dynamic and Diverse Society (Li, Ch. 12)

Participation and Engagement Report

Fall 2021

Active class participation by everyone is very important for the success of our seminar. The participation and engagement report is designed to encourage you to actively and constructively contribute to our joint academic endeavor. You are required to submit two written reports. The first report is due on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. The second report is due on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Please limit each report to a total of three pages.

Rubric for Evaluating Discussion and Participation

Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning

(10 points) (8 points) (6 points) (4-2 points) Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates a Shows no Application and grasp of key grasp of most shallow/superficial understanding

Comprehension of concepts and concepts and grasp of the or familiarity Unit Materials ideas. ideas. material. with content. No evidence Provides ample Provides some or examples Supporting examples as evidence to Offers inadequate offered to Evidence supporting support levels of support. support evidence. opinions. opinions. Ideas are Posts and/or Ideas are not expressed Some signs of comments clearly articulated clearly and disorganization read more Clarity of Ideas such that the appropriate with like Facebook message is vocabulary is expression. or Twitter difficult to discern. used. feeds.

The participation report is a summary of your contribution to the class. Please include the following in your report:

1. Comments and questions about the required readings;

2. A summary of your comments and engagement in class;

3. Concise discussion of relevant academic issues and current events;

4. Additional readings that you have done for the class;

5. Additional comments and suggestions about the class;

11 6. Comments about the paper presentations by classmates;

7. What are the strengths and weaknesses of our textbooks? Please comment on all main textbooks that you have read. Please answer this question in more details in your second participation report.

8. An objective of your report is for you to review your course experience. You can carefully examine your main objectives, progress, and achievements for the class. What is your best experience and what are the main challenges?